Opened 9 years ago
Last modified 9 years ago
#12203 new bug
tar does not store attributes any more
| Reported by: | lelldorin | Owned by: | nobody |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | Unscheduled |
| Component: | Applications | Version: | R1/Development |
| Keywords: | tar, attributes, addattr, catattr | Cc: | lelldorin |
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Platform: | x86 |
Description
on my haiku nightly image hrev 49162 the tar command does not store file attributes set with the shell tool addattr. After unpacking the attributes are deleted
Change History (2)
comment:1 by , 9 years ago
comment:2 by , 9 years ago
In GNU tar, you need to use the --xattrs flag to enable storage of extended attributes in the archive. It is not the default.
In star and BSD tar, it is the default, but they are stored in the archive in a different format than what GNU tar uses.
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I don't think tar ever stored bfs file attributes.